Welder Contractor

Founded in 1906, over the last 110+ years' CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on! Performs all types of mechanical jobs throughout the plant and quarry, during regular operation schedule and mechanical maintenance. Welding jobs include actual equipment and machinery and/or new pieces of equipment and structures needed for the normal operation of the plant and quarry. This job interfaces, on a daily basis, with the rest of the operations in this location. The employee holding this job must perform the work activities in a correct, accurate and timely fashion due to the fact that every single work activity in our line of business is crucial for the whole operation.
Perform welding jobs using electric, acetylene and/or arc-air equipment evaluates and coordinates welding needs and repairs
Identify and select necessary metal and equipment, including mechanical equipment
Perform pipefitting work, requiring welded joints or connections
Perform steel structural work on buildings
Perform maintenance modifications, cut and layout work
Assist and performs emergency repairs throughout the plant and quarry
Performs necessary repairs to welding equipment
Inspects equipment reported malfunctions and carries out required repairs as needed
Assist maintenance personnel during repairs and erection of metal structures
Prevent damage to machinery, equipment, tools and material
Lead one or more repairman welders during welding jobs and/or repairs
Coordinate and oversee the work of other maintenance and plant personnel
maintain a good housekeeping in the plant and work areas-using shovel and broom
3 years of welding experience
Ability to carry out not only simple, but complex oral and written instructions and deal with problems from standardized situations and work experience
Good mathematical skills, including basic math, fractions and conversions offour-five digit numbers and common units of measurement in both metric and decimal system
Ability to read and understand English sufficiently to be able to read technical information contained in manuals, reports, and welding work related instruction, including safety issues and matters
Ability to communicate well with supervisors, mechanics, leadmen, welders, maintenance personnel and co-workers and outside contractors
Ability to operate standard and automatic welding machines, equipment, and powered mechanic tools
To cut and mount fabricated components needed to repair equipment
Ability to develop, read, and use mechanical, electrical, and structural sketches, blue prints, and drawings in order to perform repairs, structural metal modifications and/or erecting structures
Ability to identify and select the appropriate metals and their properties, electrodes and any other necessary element and/or materials to perform the correct welding work and welding technique
Ability to comprehend additional training in relation to the performing of the work duties
Most of the work task (80%) are performed outdoor and subject to environmental and weather condition changes

Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling and/or moving of 75 pounds and over, with frequent lifting and/or carrying odd shaped objects weighing up to 75 pounds, and up to 50 pounds of force constantly to move objects
Electrical and mechanical knowledge to detect potential safety hazards and breakdown of plant and quarry machinery and equipment and respond accordingly
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, in order to communicate to employees/visitors as well as function safely around heavy rolling equipment
Legal Notices

CEMEX is an EEO/AA (equal opportunity/affirmative action) institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by under federal, state or local law in the programs or activities which it operates.
CEMEX will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all local, state and federal laws.
Smoking and/or the use of tobacco or related products is prohibited in and on CEMEX property as well as any building and/or vehicle owned or leased by CEMEX.
Benefits applicable to this position may include, but are not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, and Holiday Pay, as well as a comprehensive wellness program to help keep employees and their families healthy and well.